Character name: Mike Landry
Nicknames:
The Innovator
The Heartbreaker
The Reflection of Perfection
The Graham's Prodigal Son
Home town: Denver, Colorado
Heel or Face: Heel
Weight: 245 lbs.
Height: 6'0"
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Entrance/Promo/Backstage
Ring
Enterance music: How a Heart Breaks
Enterance Description:
Don't you wanna go for a ride
Down to the other side
Feels so good you could cry
Now won't you do what I told you!?
Landry emerged from behind the curtain in a his wrestling gear to a chorus of boos. It seemed Landry's reputation preceeded him everywhere he went, and it inspired the exact same reaction for everyone who came in contact with him.
"Introducing first from Denver, Colorado, weighing in at 245 pounds, 'The Hearbreaker', Mike Landry!"
I remember when you used to be shy
Hey once we were so fine you and I
Now why you gotta make it so hard on me!?
Yeah it's hard on me...
And i'm sorry but it's not a mistake
And i'm running but you're getting away!
Landry strolled down the ramp, a massive smirk on his face from just existing. Landry knew how good he was and what he was capable of on any given day, and now he had a prime opportunity to display it on a grand stage once again.
Landry jumped up onto the apron in one vertical leap, facing the hard camera and performing his "Heartbreak" symbol across his chest before climbing into the ring and very calmly relaxing against a spare turnbuckle, awaiting his opponent.
Moves you are known for:
'Legal' Low Blows:
Tiger Drop ((Rising Knee Inverted Atomic Drop))
Rope Ride Rodeo ((Top rope legs split, jostling ropes up and down))
Van Damn-You ((Knee bar with other leg spreading opponents’ legs))
Hotshot Man Check ((Alabama Nutscrack))
Figure of Perfection Fertilization Suppression ((Figure of Perfection with foot in groin))
Catholic Schoolboy ((Lowblow into schoolboy))
Pseudoplex ((Fake suplex, forces back down onto top turnbuckle))
Double Knee Spinebuster ((Lifting legs into spinebuster))
Baseball Slide Protection Inspection ((Baseball slide between legs))
Make a Wish ((Leg Split))
Y-Drop ((Double Leg drop to groin))
Extra Point ((Shattered Dream))
Signatures:
Hurricanrage (Reverse Northern Lights Suplex)
Scorpian Deathtrap (Boston Crab with leg variant Full Nelson)
Spinning Knee-Breaker ((Spinning Toe-Hold into drop down Dragon Whip))
Landslide (Arm-wringer top rope walk leg drop over arm)
Landslide Slam (Double Chicken wing Lift up facebuster)
Finishers:
Heartbreaker (Single underhook double knee gutbuster)
Figure of Perfection (Standing American Deathlock)
Titles/achievementes:
NCW Heavyweight Champion ((IRL))
FFA World Champion (3x)
WWE:E Undisputed Champion (2x)
DCW Champion (2x)
WWE:U Heavyweight Champion
FIP Champion
BWA Champion
TWE Champion
TNW:R Revolt Champion
CSWF Quebec Heavyweight Champion
TNA Tap Out Champion
EEW Television Champion (2x)
RWA Television Champion
ODW Television Champion
EWA Tag Team Champion (2x) (1x w/ Matt Stone)(1x w/ Bryan Bain)
WWE:E Evolution Tag Team Champion (With Matt Stone)
FFA Tag Team Champion (With The Monitor)
WWE:U Tag Team Champion (With Matt Stone)
3rd Generation Star from the Graham Wrestling Family
Winner of first ever Aurelian Walls match
Winner of first ever FFA match
Winner of first ever Tri Rumble
Winner of first ever Triple Cage match
Winner of FFA's Money in the Bank Ladder match
First and only to ever win FFA match back to back
Hold record for most FFA wins of all time (3)
First and only two time DCW Champion
First and only two time WWE:E Undisputed Champion
First and only man to force Undertaker to submit
Longest reigning EEW Television Champion in history
Invented more than 75% of the moves he uses.
Heartbreak list:
Ashley Massaro (Former girlfriend. Betrayed after losing at Wrestlemania)
Layla El (Former protege. Betrayed after costing him one too many matches)
Mystique (Used as tag team partner, betrayed in ring and left her to be pinned by opponents)
Mardy Wilkes-Booth (Opponent in Triple Threat. Ignored other opponent as long as he could, systematically beat on Mardy as brutally as possible. Because he could.)
Claire Hawkins (Put into a match against her because of his clout. Used that opportunity to brutalize and stretch her to her limits. Because he could.)
*Seth Rawlins (Seth was abandoned by his tag team partner, so he and Matt Stone destroyed him and stole his tag team titles)
Phoenixfire (Former protege and romantic interest. Betrayed when she refused to kiss him, and gave her a Heartbreaker midway during a match against Shanahan)
*Gay male. Still hit the Heartbreaker on a feministic persona
Match Specialties: Tag Team, Watch Your Step.
Match Weakness: Cage, Hell in a Cell (deathly afraid of cages).
Bio: Whenever Mike isn't wrestling, he is thinking of new and innovative ways to wrestle. Be it moves, match types, or entrances, Mike is constantly innovating the wrestling world. Mike is heavily influenced by the UFC, and is a heavy grappler, relying greatly on underhooks and technical wrestling. Though he is a intense grappler, he is also well versed in kicks and throws.
Noteable feuds: Matt Stone, Geoff, Jed, The Undertaker, The Rock, Randy Orton, Kelly King 2.0, Matt Shanahan, Shawn Michaels, Phoenixfire, GBL, Snypa Rifle.
History: Mike's career started in the original FFA, run by then friend Kelly King 2.0, where he experienced immediate success. He won the very first Free For All match to win his first title, the FFA World Championship. He would hold that title one more time before his priorities changed and he encountered The Monitor. Neo Hurricane Michael, FFA's resident superhero took The Monitor under his wing and they became very successfully FFA Tag Team champions. The superhero duo defended justice and tag gold alike during their reign. They lost their titles to Vince Caputo and Jonathan, just in time for the next Free For All match. The tag team seemed dominant until a miscommunication caused The Monitor to lay out his tutor and eliminate him from the match. Monitor went on to win that FFA Match to win his first and only FFA World championship. This didn't sit well with Mike, and it caused him to turn on his loyal student and beat him senseless. Mike has still not forgiven Monitor for what happened that day.
As the FFA evolved, so did Mike. He abandoned his Superhero form and became an identity all his own. Mike eventually abandoned the FFA and joined the WTF (Wrestling Tyrants Federation) where possibly the greatest battles of his life took place. There he met a large golden haired behemoth named Hunter. Each man immediately recognized the others skill, and over the years and years of competition they clashed in historic confrontations. The two most impressive would undoubtedly be the pair of Hell in a Cell matches that changed each mans life forever. The first one was Mike's choice, the first and last Watch Your Step Hell in a Cell. Mike was victorious after delivering an Hurrislam from the top of the structure causing Hunter to collapse through an announce table, making Mike the winner. The second was a classic Hell in a Cell, where Hunter took his revenge and delivered a botched Vertibreaker from atop the cell, giving Hunter the victory, but causing both men to leave the business to recover from their brutal injuries.
When Mike was ready to return, the WTF and FFA had reached an agreement and merged into the WTF/FFA Alliance, where Mike got his next taste of gold. Mike won the WTF title at long last and reignited his feud with Vince Caputo in an attempt to merge the World title with the United States title. Their first encounter was for the WTF championship, in which Mike successfully defended. Their second encounter had both titles on the line in a two out of three falls match. Vince won the first fall when Mike, in desperation, low blowed Vince. He immediately followed up with a school boy and won the second. Vince finally came out victorious in the final fall but since the first fall came as a result of a disqualification, no titles changed hands. Mike developed a friend and tag team partner in new comer Momo Jones, the Ladies Man. Another dominant tag team, they pushed through their competition until they were given a shot at then tag team champs James Caputo and Dakota Koontz. It appeared that Mike and Momo would cement their legacy and become tag team champs, but a personal rivalry backstage caused Mike to show his true colors once more and turn on his protégé, costing them the match. Momo swore revenge and got it the next month when he challenged Mike for the WTF championship, defeating him in a match that truly displayed each mans power and technical ability. Once again dejected by a former partner, Mike became deeply ill and once again had to take a sabbatical from wrestling.
When he resurfaced, he came to the Twisted Flow as the bodyguard for the Glitch Wrestling Federation. Mike became known as The Innovator, and proved his name with his outlandish wrestling style and moves. Immediately he made an impact, unleashing his pent up rage on Geoff and Jed with his new favorite weapon, the trash can. Mike once again encountered The Monitor here and they tried to set aside their differences to become a dominant tag team once more. In a three on one handicap match consisting of Geoff and Jed against Mike, the Monitor, and the man known as 1.0, Mike displayed that their partnership could never again be. He betrayed the Monitor once again and kicked him out of the GWF. Monitor retaliated, but his attempt left him a bloody pulp in the ring at the hands of his former teacher. Mike, in realizing his potential also realized he had to expand from his comfort zone in order to be truly great.
Mike did just that, trying his hand in a vast number of Indy wrestling companies and gathering a massive amount of gold, and one impressive accomplishment: forcing The Undertaker to tap out in his signature match, the Watch Your Step match.
However, everywhere he went, new rivals stood up and made Mike take notice. Men like Kelly King 2.0, The Undertaker, The Rock, Randy Orton, Ryuu Sakamoto, Matt Shanahan, Cartwright, Jacque and most famously Jed forced Mike to step up his game and become better than he had ever been, both in the ring and out. Mike refocused himself and became a better person because of it, and suddenly all new doors were opening for him. Mike began winning major gold once again, starting with the Canadian Heavyweight Championship, then the BWA Heavyweight Championship, WWE:ER Championship, WWE:E World Championship, and finally the DCW Championship.
DCW
Meantime, in DCW, his title win was very temporary, as not minutes after his victory it was taken away from him by Freakshow. Mike's possible last chance was at the title is at Extreme Nightmares, in a Watch Your Step Match. Mike suffered his very first Watch Your Step loss to Freakshow in a controversial decision, leaving Mike even more angered with management. Mike is given one more chance at Obsession to reclaim the gold in the first ever DCW Scramble Match against Matt Stone, Jeri, Jacob, and the DCW Champion Freakshow, and this time he got his redemption. Even with it, Mike still has not forgiven DCW's management for their booking policies and has made it his mission to make DCW and all associated with them as miserable as possible. In doing so, he wrote out the Ten Commandments of Wrestling, dictating that no one should attempt to challenge him for his DCW Championsip for fear of being eternally damned.
First Commandment: I am your Champion.
Second Commandment: Thou shalt not have other Champions before…or after me.
Third Commandment: Thou shalt not purchase engraved versions of my Championship, but thy shall receive an autograph for fifty dollars.
Fourth Commandment: Thou shalt lay claim to my Championship in vain.
Fifth Commandment: Thou shalt remember the day of my reign and keep it holy, March 22nd.
Sixth Commandment: Thou shalt honor thy Champion and never question him.
Seventh Commandment: Thou shalt not pin or submit your Champion. Not out of morality, but because you just can’t.
Eighth Commandment: Thou shalt not steal my Championship. Let Freakshow be thy example
Ninth Commandment: Thou shalt not bear false witness against me to a referee or management.
Tenth Commandment: Thou shalt not covet my Championship.
WWE:U
Before Landry's heartbreak he developed a year long feud with veteran competitor Jed, and a very personal rivalry against newcomer Matt Shanahan, which saw Matt running Mike over with a car in order to win the love of the beautiful Ashley Massarro. Mike won the heart of Ashley and his new fans after defeating Matt in his signature Watch Your Step Match, but in the shadows waited Jed as always.
Mike and Jed formed a temporary tag team, finally setting their differences aside to become a great union of two talented singles stars. Unfortunately it dissolved when Mike found pain killers in his partner's bag. This time it was Jed who betrayed Mike, causing the hatred to reignite between the two. They faced off in match that exemplified their feud, a brutal Last Man Standing match in which Mike came out the victor. Unfortunately, it wasn't over there. Mike also competed in an Ironman Steel Cage match at WrestleVasion that left Mike scarred and bitter after the contest. He lost, possibly his hardest defeat in his entire career, and it caused him to turn against the fans.
Mike is given a shot at the very first WWE:U Heavyweight Championship. After wreaking some revenge against Nuke for his disgraceful actions at WrestleVasion, Mike moved on to the finals to challenge Venom for the new belt. Before the match, Mike was attacked by Nuke Fusion and subsequently saved by his future opponent Venom, but during the fray, Mike turned on Venom to gain an advantage in their upcoming match. The new colors Mike showed left a bad taste in the audience mouth and they turned on him, leaving Mike alone and confused. The new angry Mike went on to win the championship at Backlash, and now he has made it his mission to "Break the Heart" of every single wrestler and fan alike until his pain matches theirs. Mike Landry won the very first WWE:U Heavyweight Championship and defends it against Venom in a bloodfeud that spanned three months and lead Landry to discover he was a long lost member of the Graham Wrestling Family. However none of that seemed to matter to his life long rival, Kelly King 2.0. Kelly King 2.0 challenged Mike Landry to a match at Backlash, which Landry used to display his true capabilities to injure someone when he low blowed Kelly King 8 times in the match with the help of then protege Layla El. Kelly King left that match enraged, and decided to get his revenge by breaking into his home and forcing him into the first ever "Horror Movie" match in which Kelly King 2.0 tortured and tormented Mike Landry inside of his own home in Fort Collins, Colorado, leading to Landry's ultimate loss of his Heavyweight Championship. However the justice was lost on Mike Landry, and in an ultimate act of sadistic cruelty, stole the ashes of Kelly King 2.0's childhood dog and held it over King's head for months on end. When Kelly King 2.0 ultimately failed to assist Landry in regaining his WWE:U Heavyweight Championship, Landry decided to punish the King by smashing the box. And now all hell has broken loose, and Mike Landry and Kelly King 2.0's ultimate rivalry will come to a head when they face off in Mike Landry's signature match...the Watch Your Step Match.
WWE:E
World championships aren't the only thing on his mind however. Across the landscape of the wrestling world a new tag team has formed. Not just any tag team, -The- Tag Team. With his partner and fellow World Champion Matt Stone, -The- Tag Team has been taking tag team wrestling by storm. With WWE:E Evolution Tag Team titles already in hand, -The- Tag Team just extended their reign at The Crusade by claiming the unified Warped/Venom Championship for Matt Stone, as well as the WWE:E Undisputed Championship for Mike Landry. With every single title available to them split between -The- Tag Team, everyone is wondering. What could possibly be next?! What was next was to have Kelly King 2.0 join their ranks when -The- Tag Team assisted him in winning a ladder match that earned 2.0 Number One Contendership to the Undisputed Championship. The three of them decreed that they were "The Best," and now Mike Landry has the tag team division conquered, and the Undisputed Championship Number One Contender in his pocket. All seemed to be going swimmingly for months, but the GM decided to bipass protocall and put all the members of the newly formed faction of The Best to the test. Yuke and Harli, and in a controversial and ill-devised match, -The- Tag Team lost their Tag Team Championships. And in what seemed to be a downward spiral, Matt Stone and Kelly King 2.0 went on sebatical from wrestling, leaving the Undisputed Champion Mike Landry alone to face all the enemies he had accumulated as of late. Now Disciple is breathing down the neck of the Champion, and Nathaniel Creed is motivating the Dreadnaught to new levels of monsterous strength. Mike Landry defended his Undisputed Championship in a Lumberjack match with both surprise appearances of Kelly King and Matt Stone at ringside, but the controversial ending leading to Disciple submitting to the Figure of Perfection means that there will inevitably be a rematch. Now the question is, who will come out on top?
EEW
Meanwhile, still in the singles division in EEW, Mike has developed a personal rivalry with Snypa, the self proclaimed Demented Genius of Extreme. Snypa took time out of his day to berate Chris Brown for being a wife beater, and true to his Heartbreaker fashion Mike Landry came out to support Mr. Brown for his actions. This lead to a steel cage match in which Chris Brown and Mike Landry tried to end Snypa's career by use of a steel chain, but in the end Snypa was able to pick up the win. Infuriated by his loss Mike took it out on Snypa by attacking him with an actual Sniper Rifle during a Speed PPV. The use of the weapon inspired Snypa to bring back the Taipei Deathmatch, a match that both men planned to end the rivalry between eachother once and for all, but in an unplanned twist of fate The Heartbreaker and EEW's resident wife beater scored the win over the Hardcore Genius by way of pinfall by reversing his deadly Call of Death Submission. With this added momentum Landry moved on to burn to defeat Scott Shock for number one contendership for the EEW Television title, where he defeated Marxx to win his very first title since coming back to EEW. Former tag team partner Matt Stone has come up to challenge Landry to see who really is the most successful member of -The- Tag Team, but it ended when Landry successfully defended his EEW Television title against Stone. Mike Landry grew angry at the bookings he has recieved from EEW Management, to the point of threatening to sue them if he did not recieve a second title shot. He presented his case and eventually did recieve an EEW Tag Team Championship opportunity at One Night Stand with his new tag team partner, Bryan Bain in a combination he called, "The Essence of Excellence."
WWFG:
Another thing Mike Landry has taken been known for as of late is torturing his nemesis Shawn Michaels. Mike Landry has deemed Shawn Michaels unworthy of his lifetime monicker of the "Heartbreak Kid", claiming that he is the one and only "Heartbreaker". He has even gone to the lengths of threatening anyone who refers to Shawn Michaels as HBK with severe punishments. So far Shawn has yet to retaliate as he claims to be "too busy" to get involved with Landry, but a confrontation between the two seems inevitable.
Aside from his singles and tag team career, Landry has branched out and taken a tutorial role. It started with being smitten by Phoenixfire in WWFG, which lead to him offering his wealth of knowledge, as well as his romantic partnership, to Phoenixfire. In the mean time, Matt Shanahan has once again objected to his relationship with the diva and has made it his mission to reveal Landry as the scumbag he is. His intentions seemed pure, but with Mike Landry there is always a second side to the story as proven by the episode of Supershow just before Mania. Mike tried to kiss Phoenixfire during a mixed tag match, but was rejected. In his blind rage of rejection Landry hit Phoenixfire with The Heartbreaker, and he was promptly punished for his transgressions at Wrestlemania against Matt Shanahan and Phoenixfire when they bashed his head with a baseball bat.
Now with Pheonixfire and Wrestlemania in his rearview mirror, the Heartbreaker turns his attention to Mardy Wilkes-Booth, a downtrotten and heartbroken girl who has had little success in the wrestling world. He came out during one of her promos talking about her life and decided to manipulate her with his mind games and eventually brain wash her into believeing that her life has no meaning without him. In an ultimate display of loyalty and submission, Landry forced Mardy to allow him to brand her in the small of her back with his logo, permanently scarring her skin. Soon afterwards, he did the same thing to Sandra with Mardy's help. Landry has warped the mind of Mardy, turning her into his willing puppet of love. However this all pales in comparison to Landry's most recent and most horriffic offense. Landry kidnapped Phoenixfire, knocked her unconcsious, raped her, branded her lower back just like Mardy and Sandra, then took her to a bridge and shoved her over the side...all caught on video by Mardy. With Phoenixfire seemingly now dead GBL has emerged to seek vengeance, and a violent blood feud has broken out between the two. Is GBL the one who can finally make Mike Landry answer for his crimes?
